#B49E2B#B49E2B

#B49E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.130 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E2B
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -4.15, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 59.11, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0178 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.13 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4869, 34.3331, 7.2535)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E2B #2B41B4

analogous

#B4592B #B49E2B #85B42B

triadic

#B49E2B #2BB49E #9E2BB4

tetradic

#B49E2B #2BB459 #2B41B4 #B42B85

square

#B49E2B #2BB459 #2B41B4 #B42B85

split-complementary

#B49E2B #2B85B4 #592BB4

monochromatic

#514713 #83731F #B49E2B #D3BD49 #DFCF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B49E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B49E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E2B

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E2B	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.130 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba6d',
    500: '#b49e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e2b;
$custom-light: #ceba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69885,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E2B

secondary

#7381C7

accent

#5DE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E2B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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